SharePoint 2007 (WSS or MOSS) logs are not easy to read even on a large screen, has anyone come across a log viewer that is able to:
- Display SharePoint logs live and historical
- Filter the events by various parameters
- Cope with SharePoint’s log rotation
A subset of the above features would be acceptable, as would a range of tools either WinForms or SharePoint Features.
The list below isn’t in any particular order other than the order in which they came to my attention. I have posted the log viewers that I found, if you have had any experience with the products upvote/comment in the answers below.
Found so far:
- SPLogViewer – supports loading and filtering one file, does not follow/tail log displays data in a DataGrid.
- SharePoint ULS Log Parser – one click access to log files, supports filtering by Process Name, Level, Area and Category.
- Log Viewer Feature – access from Central Administration, select individual log basic filtering on category, event and trace severity, output as HTML in Central Administration.
- WSS / MOSS Log File Reader – Access to individual log files from Central Administration, standard DataGrid filtering and sorting options.
- Stefan Gordon’s ULS Viewer – Open individual log, does not follow/tail log, displays data in ListView detail. Filter by secerity, process category and free form text.
- SQL Integration Services – All reporting, sorting and filtering options provided by MSSQL (Blog Post with ETL Package Download), time consuming to setup.
- LogParser – Familiar interface to IIS Administrators, pleanty of options. Setup takes too long for small installations.
- SharePoint Log Viewer – WPF, as yet untested.
- Stonebond SharePoint Log Viewer – Looks great, as yet untested.
- ULS Deobfuscator – Another WPF reader.
I haven’t test it myself but give this one a try: http://www.codeplex.com/SPLogViewer